Doreen Power recommends 30 per cent dividend
Its share price gains 2.51pc after the news
FE Report | Monday, 2 September 2019
The board of directors of Doreen Power Generations and Systems has recommended 17 per cent cash dividend for shareholders excluding the sponsors/directors and 13 per cent stock dividend for all shareholders for the year ended on June 30, 2019.
The sponsors/directors hold 77.37 million shares out of total 116.16 million shares of the company and the cash dividend to be payable to the general shareholders is Tk 65.94 million, said an official disclosure on Sunday.
The final approval of divined will come from the annual general meeting on December 12 at 11:00am in Dhaka. The record date is on October 13.
The company has also reported consolidated earnings per share (EPS) of Tk 7.91, consolidated net asset value (NAV) per share (with revaluation) of Tk 44.19, and consolidated net operating cash flow per share (NOCFPS) of Tk 7.25 for the year ended on June 30, 2019 as against Tk 7.14, Tk 36.68 and Tk 9.86 respectively for the same period of the previous year.
The power generation company's share traded between Tk 80.80 and Tk 85, before closing at Tk 81.80 each on Sunday, gaining 2.51 per cent over the previous session.
The Doreen Power, which was listed on the Dhaka bourse in April 2016, disbursed 15 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend in 2018.
The company's paid-up capital is Tk 1.16 billion and authorised capital is Tk 2.0 billion while total number of securities is 116.16 million.
The sponsor-directors own 66.61 per cent stake in the company, while institutional investors own 20.62 per cent, foreign investors 0.07 per cent and the general public 12.70 per cent as of July 31, 2019, the DSE data showed.